Joanne Watkins
Interim Head of Policy, Performance and Insight @Mid Sussex District Council
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WORK HISTORY
Interim Head of Policy, Performance and Insight @Mid Sussex District Council
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Develop and grow the Policy, Performance and Insights function which has responsibility for performance monitoring and management, corporate projects, insurance, policies and internal audit compliance. Key deliverables have included staff recruitment such as establishing a new researcher role to lead on policy compliance and local government related research, as well as developing graduate trainees and an apprentice. Setting the vision and strategy for the team, full revision of the corporate suite of key performance indicators for the Council, line management for Data and Insights Manager, Researcher and Graduate Trainees. Improving organisational visibility of the team and leading cross-organisational project working groups to resolve key compliance challenges arising from performance, policy, audit, project and insurance areas.
EDUCATION
Clarendon Sixth Form College
A level
University of Leicester
BSc Sociology, Sociology
SKILLS
ABOUT JOANNE WATKINS
A highly experienced Head of Performance and Business Improvement who ensures that teams and organisations are capturing the best data and tracking the right elements, in accordance with legislation, to achieve the desired organisational and statutory outcomes. Also with an internal audit lens, Jo is a valuable asset within a scrutiny environment. She is adept at working across organisations and between agencies, with a keen eye for identifying vulnerabilities in systems or where there are risky dependencies in service provision, making recommendations for change and solutions. Jo is not fazed by multi-agency datasets and can easily interpret performance information. She is able to check and test the translation of operational processes against the strategic priorities, identifying and managing risk, instigating, setting and monitoring key performance indicators, and providing portfolio assurance for large programmes of work. Possessing extensive recruitment experience and excelling at building high performing teams/functions, she maintains stability and continuity in changeable stakeholder environments with a strong, proactive, measured approach. Seeking roles in performance, intelligence and improvement arenas.
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